Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at a [adj] stage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since living Nautilus does not have an ink sac , this must have been a protective device evolved at a later stage in cephalopod evolution . |
| 2 | However , the working out of these three dimensions in the undergraduate curriculum is bound to be rather different from their manifestation in the school curriculum because higher education comes at a different stage in the educational life-cycle . |
| 3 | If Winnicott 's image of the mirror-image is a valid one and what the baby needs at a certain stage is a reflection of a meaningful world in which she/he has some place , we are also back with perception and self-perception . |
| 4 | The blip in the graph occurs at a crucial stage of development in firms which until that point were among the fast growers , sharply reducing the number which move on to become medium and larger firms . |
| 5 | The sequence of modern physiotherapy treatment normally follows a pattern : the patient has to recover his ability to balance first and foremost ; then he has to recover his ability to transfer his weight from side to side ; standing balance is the next stage , accompanied by the ability to sit down from standing up , and to stand up from sitting ; selective movements using the affected arm and leg come next ; then he learns to make steps , followed by walking ; function in the upper limb ( arm ) and controlling it in order to make selective movements against gravity happens at a late stage ; the final rehabilitation task is to regain functional , detailed movements in the affected hand and foot . |
| 6 | General ‘ political economy ’ explanations must be correct in locating such developments within complex shifts in the production process , industrial infrastructure , and labour force requirements occurring at a particular stage of advanced industrialization — though much work needs to be done to define these shifts more precisely . |
| 7 | Getting into a shirt comes at a later stage , a sweater later still . |
| 8 | That is a matter for the House to decide at a later stage . |
| 9 | As I said both in my statement and in an earlier answer , we have the option to decide at a later stage , when others enter stage 3 , whether that is the right thing for this country to do . |
| 10 | One patient had stones cleared at a third stage , two patients had the remaining fragments removed at cholecystoscopy , and one patient by percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |